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The International Space Station has been making some spectacular transits across our evening sky
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Scientists are developing techniques to turn waste glycerol from biofuels into high-value hydrogen gas
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Research shows young people's reactions become as slow as pensioners' when using a hands-free set
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Paper in leading medical journal says screening programmes pick up cancers that are not a threat
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The new space centre – announced by the European Space Agency yesterday – could be up and running within a year
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Policies of former South African president claimed to be responsible for third of a million deaths
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The final decision on classification should be free from political influence, say government advisers
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Seas surrounding an archipelago near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula are richer in animal life than the Galapagos, claim scientists
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Tiny generators can turn the pulses of energy from all forms of human movement into electricity
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The European Patent Office has turned down a patent that would have governed virtually any use of embryonic stem cells
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Discovery of fossilised turtles in China resolves a debate about how the creatures' shells evolved
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Health Protection Agency reports 1,049 cases in England and Wales during first 10 months of 2008
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